As of July 2026, Marion Ross is best known for Gilmore Girls and The Love Boat. Find every show and movie Marion Ross has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
Marion Ross

Marion Ross

Actress Born 1928 Watertown, Carver County, Minnesota, USA 12 TV Shows 8 Movies

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Marion Ross (born October 25, 1928) is an American actress best known for her role as Marion Cunningham on the ABCtelevision series, Happy Days from 1974 to 1984.Born Marian Ross in Watertown in Carver County in southern Minnesota, the daughter of Ellen (née Hamilton) and Gordon Ross,she lived in Waconia and then moved to Willmar and eventually to Albert Lea, Minnesota.At the age of 13, she changed the spelling of her name from "Marian" to "Marion" because she thought it would look better on a marquee. After completing her sophomore year in high school, she moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, and worked as an au pair while studying drama at the MacPhail Center for the Arts, and attending Southwest High School. A year later, her family moved to San Diego, California.She graduated from Point Loma High School in San Diego.Ross enrolled in San Diego State University,where she was named the school's most outstanding actress. After graduation in 1950, she performed in summer theater in La Jolla, California. The director was impressed by her talent, and recommended that she try for work in films.

Alongside acting, Marion Ross is also known as a director.

Marion Ross's most notable role to date came in SpongeBob SquarePants (1999), where she played Grandma SquarePants (voice). She also appeared in Superhero Movie (2008) as Aunt Lucille. Most recently appeared in That '70s Show (1998) as Grandma Forman.

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📺 Marion Ross's TV Shows

Gilmore Girls
Trix Gilmore
2000
The Love Boat
Emily Heywood
1977
The Drew Carey Show
Beulah Carey
1995
Mannix
1967
That '70s Show
Grandma Forman
1998
Happy Days
Marion Cunningham
1974
Touched by an Angel
Sophie
1994
The Boondocks
2005
SpongeBob SquarePants
Grandma SquarePants (voice)
1999
Brothers and Sisters
Ida Holden
2006
The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
Flavia (voice)
1995
The Third Twin
Lila Ferrami
1997

🎬 Marion Ross's Movies

Superhero Movie
Aunt Lucille
2008
Smiley Face
Shirley
2007
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Angela Fields
1970
Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster
Hilda Trowburg
2010
Operation Petticoat
2nd Lieutenant Colfax
1959
Lizzie
Ruth Seaton
1957
The Proud and Profane
Joan
1956
The Evening Star
Rosie Dunlop
1996

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